“In Somerville, Massachusetts, there's one home that stands out against the rest -- the Museum of Modern Renaissance. Resting between normal-looking homes in a residential area, this house is adorned with art covering every aspect in the building.”

Taking place 100 years, almost to the day, after the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917, this special concert honors the memory of all those displaced and affected by it. It features compositions by Russian composers Sergey Rachmaninov and Aleksandr Gretchaninov, who emigrated to the US, as well as a rarely performed quartet by the Soviet Jewish composer Moshe Weinberg, a disciple and friend of Dimitri Shostakovich. .Buy Tickets>

The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet was founded in 1939, and is the oldest operating quartet in Russia, regarded as a monument to the country's musical history. The present members of the Rimsky Korsakov String Quartet– Mikhail Bondarev (violin), Ekaterina Belisova (violin), Alexei Popov (viola) and Anton Andreev (cello) – are graduates of the prestigious Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and steeped in the grand tradition of Russian classical music. Their thoughtful and expressive interpretations of European and Russian classical chamber music as well as contemporary composers, are enjoyed by audiences at festivals and concert venues in Russia, Europe, Canada and the US.

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